The Odessa Palermo Clean up day that we talked about is scheduled for Saturday 12 October from 9-12. There will be a skip on one of the roads and a chance for us all to join in cleaning up the streets and recycling. Your help,support and participation is needed please for the following. Let all the neighbours know, I don't have many e mail addresses and I know lots of other people want to be involved so please forward the message....

Distributing leaflets about the event this week or next.

Help on the day A delicious lunch free for the volunteers. So please get back to me and /or Natalie Monnot to let us know how you want to be involved.

Many Thanks Carole Jarvis

PS this is part of the Kensal Green Streets programme of events which includes Odessa/Palermo,RARA,REACH and Junction neighbourhood groups.

Welcome to the 72nd edition of the LNWA Newsletter - produced to maintain your contact with LNWA and e-mailed to all 32 Boroughs plus the City. Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) are regularly updated so, if you are receiving it for the first time, it’s because you are identified as the Neighbourhood Watch Contact for your Borough. LNWA, is anxious information reaches the grassroots so please ensure everyone in a Watch in your Borough is encouraged to read this Newsletter which is also accessible via our website, www.lnwa.net

LONDON - CRIMESTOPPERS We’re publishing a little early this month to coincide with the launch today of a new campaign by London Crimestoppers called 'Filthy Rich'. Posters have started to go up in selected locations with a press launch today. Four different, creative posters will go on billboards, bus-shelters, Tube lift and escalator panels, bus interiors and on digital animations in pubs and bars across London. These will be supported by PR activity and online social media support. There will also be commercials on Capital Radio and, of course, this newsletter. Please give this campaign as much publicity as possible. The aim of the campaign is to encourage the public to come forward with information on those living off the proceeds of crime. This may be a result of activity by individuals across a number of acquisitive crime types ranging from drug-dealing, robbery, burglary to more serious crimes such as human-trafficking, fraud, illegal importation and, of course, money-laundering which can also involve businesses. For more on the campaign go to: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/in-your-area/london/central-london/filthy-rich Meanwhile, you can follow Crimestoppers on Twitter through both the main account, @CrimestoppersUK and also the flow dedicated to London at @RHookCSLondon.

WWW.IMMOBILISE.COM The National Mobile Crime Unit has asked LNWA to remind everyone about the free www.Immobilise.com database. The website contains 27 million accounts and is the best register of lost/stolen personal items in the UK. It’s easy to create an account and the guides for registering items, such as mobile phones, computers, cameras etc. are easy to follow. The vital detail required is the unique serial number of the lost/stolen item. When Police Officers find property, they check only the serial number against the National Register to identify the owner. You don’t need to have yet lost any items to create a free account and register your possessions, so that the Police anywhere in the UK can intercept stolen items, arrest offenders and, more importantly, return your property to you! Mobile phones are the most common items lost or stolen and every phone has a 15 digit unique serial number, the IMEI number. Careful recording of this is essential when registering your phone. Once you have registered your own property, please spread the word among family and friends.

MANYTHING You may be interested in a new product that takes an old iPhone/iPod/iPad and converts it to a monitoring camera that streams in real-time. You can access the stream remotely and it is able to detect motion and sound just from the Apple camera. It is in beta form at the moment so the service is free. There is no news on what it might eventually cost but, for more information, go to: (www.manything.com) That’s all for this month. As usual, on behalf of LNWA, thank you for your work and support.

Residents of Odessa and Palermo Road will have received a leaflet recently which gives details of compensation which may be due because of tunneling or route works which may be needed by HS2. The leaflet (which is very hard to open - I wonder why?) refers to an area of 60m either side of the route, or more if certain conditions apply. Now, I am not an expert but if you look at the HS2 maps eg http://www.thehs2.com/phase1/maps/showmap.php?, you will see that the route would pass our area in a tunnel round about where Scrubs Lane goes over the canal - somewhere more than half a mile away from the roundabout at the end of Palermo Road. So don't panic - but if you are concerned, follow the instructions in the leaflet - if you can open it without tearing! MORE DETAILS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

A message to Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators: Across London there has been a growing trend of stealing cycles from garages and sheds. In your role as NHW coordinators could you please ask all of your NHW colleagues to be particularly vigilant to this type of crime and advise local communities of the benefits of two good quality locks placed on cycles (as thieves generally carry only one type of tool) and securing them to an immovable object. Audible sheds alarms are also a great deterrent and please lock away tools. To successfully deal with this type of crime the MPS seeks information as to where these stolen cycles are being taken to and sold from. We would ask NHW and cycle clubs / enthusiasts to contact police if they become aware of any premises (residential or other) where different cycles are being regularly seen there. A recent arrest found a male with 3 stolen cycles in the living room of his flat and he was busy filing off the serial numbers. Many stolen cycles are being sold through the Internet. Cycle enthusiasts who regularly visit specialists sites can help the police combat this type of crime by reporting web activity and adverts which lead them to believe stolen cycles are being sold. It is the cyclists with specialist knowledge who can assist police by being our eyes and ears against crimes being committed against your community Anyone having information or concerns should contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.Many thanksDebra Towns - A/Detective SuperintendentRichmond upon Thames Borough

SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD BOARDS As you all probably know, under the Local Policing Model, to be introduced into the remaining Boroughs during September, each Borough is to establish a Safer Neighbourhood Board. The Mayor’s Office for Policing & Crime (MOPAC) has made it clear to all Boroughs that Neighbourhood Watch should be included on the Board. If you already have an established Neighbourhood Watch Association in your Borough, the chairperson or their representative should be invited to serve on the Board. If there is no Association, it is more important than ever one should be established to give Neighbourhood Watch a voice at the top table.

NEIGHBOURHOOD & HOME WATCH NETWORK (NHWN) The latest Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network newsletter is now available at: http://www.ourwatch.org.uk/uploads/pub_res/ourwatch_August2013 Meanwhile, the OurWatch website has undergone some updates, the main one being advice under the heading 'Key' (and portrayed by an upside down triangle) when you do a postcode search. The Key will show whether registered schemes are Neighbourhood Watch approved, Police-approved or both. Hover a mouse over items in the list for an explanation. There is no London-wide authorisation process since Neighbourhood Watch is managed at Borough level but volunteers can ‘approve’ schemes by becoming administrators on the Neighbourhood Alert system. If you know someone interested in becoming an administrator for your Borough, please put them in touch with me. On the Home Page, you will see a box headed ‘Are you a scheme coordinator?’ where you can search for schemes by name or postcode. You can also enter your email address to find out whether you are already registered and, if so, whether you are associated with a scheme. Other updates include improvements to the ‘Your local area’ section as well other tweak to make the site more user friendly, such as the addition of a ‘Press centre’ under ‘News & events’ and a ‘Send us your news’ link in the same section.

Neighbourhood Alert has recently launched some new tools to help coordinators manage their schemes on-line. Once you have logged in, under 'Scheme admin' you can: • Add a profile of yourself as coordinator (under 'Edit scheme'). • Choose what you want to make visible to members of the public using the scheme postcode search (under 'Edit scheme'). • Send messages to those of your members who have joined your scheme on-line (under 'Message your members'). You can do various other things like editing your personal details (e.g. add demographic information, hobbies and interests), changing your message settings (e.g. the types of message you receive) and editing your scheme details (description, next meeting date etc.). More information is available in a booklet, 'Tools for coordinators - guidance', at: www.ourwatch.org.uk/resource_centre/document_library/tools_for_coordinators_guidance You can download a leaflet about the new tools at: www.ourwatch.org.uk/resource_centre/document_library/tools_for_coordinators_leaflet

HOME OFFICE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS The Home Office operates a national telephone system used during a major incident or disaster. They will be conducting tests of this system on 10 September and are looking for volunteers to assist. This involves making repeated telephone calls to a free 0800 number between 10 and 11am on 10 September to test the robustness of the system in dealing with a high volume of calls. If you think you could help with this, please e-mail the Home Office at - NMAT2@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk - with your name and e-mail address. You will be issued a briefing pack with more information. Your contact details will be used only for this exercise, not revealed to anyone and deleted immediately after the exercise. You will not be asked to reveal any personal details over the phone, and the calls will be free of charge.

LOCAL GIVING – MATCH FUNDING The Cabinet Office is providing £500,000 of match funding for a campaign in October by 'Localgiving.com' a website designed to support local charities and community groups. From 15 October, eligible charities will have one-off donations of up to £10 doubled. Monthly donations up to £10 a month will also be doubled for six months and the campaign will run until the £500,000 has been allocated. The Cabinet Office will also provide match funding of £250,000 to support the 2013 Big Give Christmas Challenge. The challenge involves matching public donations pound for pound on certain days in the run-up to Christmas. If you feel it would be of interest to you, you can check whether your group is eligible at: https://localgiving.com/charitysignup/eligibility REQUEST FROM MERTON NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION Merton Neighbourhood Watch Association produces a newsletter, popular among its membership, and would like to compare its output with that of other Boroughs. It will be appreciated if you could answer the following questions (where relevant) directly to Lee Roberts at Lee.Roberts@met.police.uk: a) Do you produce a newsletter? b) What do they look like (e.g. A4 folded, 4 page booklet)? c) How is it funded? d) What is the main content? e) To whom is it delivered? f) How is it distributed (e.g. e-mail or hand delivered)? PROJECT KILLDEER The MPS is currently running Project Killdeer that aims to raise awareness concerning illegal street collectors and attempts to ensure charitable contributions reach the intended causes. It is estimated £147 million is lost to charities through fraud each year. Some points to note for when you next contribute to a charity “street” collection are:. * Collection buckets/tins must display the name of the charity and be securely sealed. * The collector must be in possession of written authority from the charity and a permit issued by the MPS. If they do not have a permit they commit an offence. * Collections may take place only on certain days of the month and each charity is allowed to collect once per year in any given local authority area. If you see the same person collecting for the same charity more than once a month, they probably don’t have a permit. If you think charity “street” collectors are committing an offence, contact your local Policing Team but bear in mind Railway Stations are subject to different legislation and hence the above does not apply. Details of current permits issued by the MPS Charities Office are published on the MPS website (www.met.police.uk/charities). That’s all for this month. As usual, on behalf of LNWA, thank you for your work and support.

Please see attached a copy of the Poster for 'Brent Celebrates Your Civic Centre' Opening Event on Sunday 6 October. I would be grateful if you are able to print and display this poster in a prominent place and also encourage friends and family to attend to what promises to be a great day out. More details of the full programme will be in the October issue of The Brent Magazine, which will be distributed in the last week of September, but for now, save the date in your diary. Thank you all in advance for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you on the day. Kuntal KalyaniBusiness Support Officer kuntal.kalyani@brent.gov.uk

This year's National Community Safety Conference takes place on 17/18 September at Middlesex University, Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet. On the 18th, Barnet Borough Watch is hosting a debate for and against Street Patrols (also known as Citizen Patrols), in this case Neighbourhood Watch members undertaking the 'patrolling' of their neighbourhoods to report anti-social behaviour or other criminal activity to the local Council or Police. They've seen a rise in interest from Neighbourhood Watch members to undertake this sort of activity and the Barnet Police, Borough Commander would appear not to be against the idea. As a result, Barnet Borough Watch is proposing to field a representative to speak in favour of Street/Citizen Patrols but is seeking a volunteer to take the opposite stance. If you, or anyone in your Borough, is interested in attending the conference in this capacity, would you please contact Paul Hammond at <barnetboroughwatch@gmail.com>